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Linux CVE-2026-64422

| EUVDEUVD-2026-48966 HIGH
Integer Overflow or Wraparound (CWE-190)
2026-07-25 Linux GHSA-gwmg-q555-3325
7.1
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: Linux
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Severity by source

Vendor (Linux) PRIMARY
7.1 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
SUSE
5.5 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Red Hat
7.0 MEDIUM
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Primary rating from Vendor (Linux).

CVSS VectorVendor: Linux

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Lifecycle Timeline

5
Analysis Generated
Jul 27, 2026 - 05:51 vuln.today
CVSS changed
Jul 27, 2026 - 05:22 NVD
7.1 (HIGH)
Patch available
Jul 25, 2026 - 11:18 EUVD
CVE Published
Jul 25, 2026 - 08:51 cve.org
HIGH 7.1
CVE Published
Jul 25, 2026 - 08:51 cve.org
UNKNOWN (no severity yet)

DescriptionCVE.org

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net: ipv4: bound TCP reordering sysctl writes and MTU probe sizes

Reject invalid net.ipv4.tcp_reordering values before they reach TCP socket state. The sysctl is stored as an int but copied into the u32 tp->reordering field for new sockets, so negative writes wrap to large values.

With tcp_mtu_probing=2, the wrapped value can overflow the tcp_mtu_probe() size calculation and drive the MTU probing path into an out-of-bounds read. Route tcp_reordering writes through proc_dointvec_minmax() and require it to be at least 1. Also require tcp_max_reordering to be at least 1 so the configured maximum cannot become negative either.

When registering the table for a non-init network namespace, relocate extra2 pointers that refer into init_net.ipv4 so the tcp_reordering upper bound follows that namespace's tcp_max_reordering.

Harden tcp_mtu_probe() itself by computing size_needed as u64. This keeps the send queue and window checks from being bypassed through signed integer overflow.

AnalysisAI

We need to produce a JSON object with the specified fields. The input provides CVE details, CVSS, EPSS, patch info, CPE, tags, affected versions, references. We must synthesize a comprehensive analysis.

Given data:

  • CVE-2026-64422
  • Description: In the Linux kernel, net: ipv4: bound TCP reordering sysctl writes and MTU probe sizes... (full description given)
  • CVSS Score: 7.1, Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
  • EPSS: 0.23% (percentile 14%)
  • Patch: Available from vendor (reported by Linux)
  • CPE: cpe:2.3:a:linux:linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (two entries, same)
  • Tags: Buffer Overflow, Linux
  • ENISA EUVD ID: EUVD-2026-48966
  • Affected versions (EUVD): list of Linux version ranges and patches: e.g., "Linux patch: 0" (maybe meaning from version 0?), "Linux 91cc17c0e5e5ada156a8d5787a2509d263ea6bbf <99206ce2244f8a3ed64298d0667c9055845a5dc7" (these look like commit hashes: the first is the base, the < indicates before the second commit. Might be that the vulnerability was introduced in commit 91cc17c0e5e5ada156a8d5787a2509d263ea6bbf and fixed in commits like 99206ce2244f8a3ed64298d0667c9055845a5dc7, etc. Also specific version patches: 7.2-rc1, 7.1.4, 6.1.178, 6.12.96, 5.10.261, 6.18.39, 5.15.212, 6.6.145. And "Linux 2.6.24" as a base? Actually the intro commit might correspond to kernel 2.6.24 where tcp_reordering was introduced? Possibly. The list indicates many branches affected.

The description: "bound TCP reordering sysctl writes and MTU probe sizes". Exploit: negative net.ipv4.tcp_reordering sysctl write wraps to large u32 value, and with tcp_mtu_probing=2 the wrapped value can overflow size calculation causing out-of-bounds read. Fix: add bounds checks, make size_needed u64.

CVSS: AV:L, AC:L, PR:L, UI:N, S:U, C:H, I:N, A:H. So local attacker with low privileges can trigger out-of-bounds read leading to high confidentiality impact (info leak) and high availability impact (likely crash? Actually H for availability, maybe denial of service). No i

Vendor StatusVendor

SUSE

Severity: Moderate
Product Status
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP7 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP7 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 16.0 Affected

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